Communist elites to echo people's voices at national congress (3)

BROADER INTRA-PARTY DEMOCRACY

With serving the people being a fundamental tenet, the Party has seen a profound change in the makeup of members since its founding in 1921. Of the 2,270 delegates to the 18th CPC National Congress, the percentage of workers remarkably increases to 7.4 percent. Their number grows from 51 five years ago to 169, including 26 farmer-turned workers.

During the seven-day congress, grassroots delegates will join leading cadres at different levels to examine the CPC Central Committee's report, revise the Party's Constitution and elect a new leadership.

How can the congress faithfully address public needs and formulate goals in the people's favor is an intriguing question.

One of the measures, according to Cai, is to facilitate intra-Party democracy. All delegates, whatever their ranks might be, enjoy equal democratic rights enshrined by the Party's Constitution and relevant regulations.

All Party members have been required to speak truth, consider the actual conditions. Leading cadres, in particular, must broaden their views and reach consensus based on democratic discussions, Cai said.

The specialty of the CPC's intra-Party democracy is to combine democracy with centralism, discipline with freedom, unity of will and the personal ease of mind so as to sustain the Party's liveliness and strength, Cai said.

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